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A four-year ban and a regulatory maze compounded by the absence of sound backend systems have been the bane of the drone industry in India. Can the new norms fix this?
Editor's note: Imagine being asked to have mandatory Aadhaar linkages for carrying out any financial transaction in India and discovering that though the rules are in place, the backend systems for actually linking the accounts are not functional. It’s an analogy that the co-founder of a drone startup uses to explain his frustration with the way the sector is run in India. This, he says, is at the heart of a host of issues that the drone industry faces in the country. It is akin to being stuck in the age of demand drafts and cheques, when the world has moved on to digital payments. Guaranteed to put anyone off. Kishore Jonnalagadda knows this first-hand. He endured years of pain as the co-founder of Bengaluru-based Drone Aerospace Systems, a company that was one of the early entrants in the field of drones in India nearly 12 years ago. A four-year ban imposed by the government of India on drones in 2014 and the regulatory confusion that followed came as the proverbial final straw that broke the camel’s back. Jonnalagadda and his firm …
A four-year ban and a regulatory maze compounded by the absence of sound backend systems have been the bane of the drone industry in India. Can the new norms fix this?
Editor's note: Imagine being asked to have mandatory Aadhaar linkages for carrying out any financial transaction in India and discovering that though the rules are in place, the backend systems for actually linking the accounts are not functional. It’s an analogy that the co-founder of a drone startup uses to explain his frustration with the way the sector is run in India. This, he says, is at the heart of a host of issues that the drone industry faces in the country. It is akin to being stuck in the age of demand drafts and cheques, when the world has moved on to digital payments. Guaranteed to put anyone off. Kishore Jonnalagadda knows this first-hand. He endured years of pain as the co-founder of Bengaluru-based Drone Aerospace Systems, a company that was one of the early entrants in the field of drones in India nearly 12 years ago. A four-year ban imposed by the government of India on drones in 2014 and the regulatory confusion that followed came as the proverbial final straw that broke the camel’s back. Jonnalagadda and his firm …
India is ramping up focus on defence drones, and the decade-old startup wants public money to seize the opportunity. But the track record of listed peers offers a cautionary tale.
The war in West Asia offers a preview of how India’s next conflict could unfold—fast, multi-domain, drone-saturated and under a nuclear shadow. New Delhi must learn quickly.
The oil giant’s chief says the ongoing Mideast conflict and the consequent Strait of Hormuz disruption could have catastrophic consequences; a look at the conflict’s effect in Bahrain.
India is ramping up focus on defence drones, and the decade-old startup wants public money to seize the opportunity. But the track record of listed peers offers a cautionary tale.
The war in West Asia offers a preview of how India’s next conflict could unfold—fast, multi-domain, drone-saturated and under a nuclear shadow. New Delhi must learn quickly.
The oil giant’s chief says the ongoing Mideast conflict and the consequent Strait of Hormuz disruption could have catastrophic consequences; a look at the conflict’s effect in Bahrain.
